Daytonian in Manhattan

The stories behind the buildings, statues and other points of interest that make Manhattan fascinating.

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Saturday, March 6, 2021

The 1858 Cast Iron 120 Chambers Street (aka 50 Warren Street)

The ultra-wealthy Jones families were a significant presence on the Chambers Street block between West Broadway and Church Street in the f...

Monday, January 6, 2020

The Lost Gilsey Building - 169-171 Broadway

from Illustrations of Iron Architecture made by The Architectural iron Works of the City of New York, 1865 (copyright expired) Born in ...

Saturday, February 16, 2019

The 1861 Condict Building - 55-57 White Street

Cousins John Eliot Condict and Samuel H. Condict were both highly successful. John was the principal in J. E. Condict Co. with his bro...

Saturday, October 7, 2017

Isaac Duckworth's 1868 46-48 Lispenard Street

In 1846 Daniel D. Badger moved to New York City with his innovative concept of prefabricated cast iron facades. The idea caught on--espe...

Monday, December 26, 2016

The Lost Grover & Baker Bldg -- No. 495 Broadway

Cosmopolitan Art Journal 1860 (copyright expired) In 1820s the neighborhood of Broadway and Broome Street was filled with brick faced...

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Tom Miller: Born in Dayton, Ohio, I relocated to New York city in 1978. An author, blogger, lecturer and historian, I have written the histories of more than 5,000 locations in Manhattan (as of March 2025). I am the author of "Seeking New York" and "Seeking Chicago," and contributed to several other books, and consulted for pieces in Architectural Digest, The New York Times, and similar publications..

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